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PHOENIX — It's not surprising Ryan Pace is willing to take a risk, but the timing just might be. The Bears are taking a gamble with veteran defensive end Ray McDonald, who knows new coordinator Vic Fangio's defensive scheme very well, but had his name lumped together with those of Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson last season. The 49ers rung up McDonald on strike three in December for a "pattern of poor behavior," releasing him in Week 16 just hours after San Jose police identified him as the subject of a sexual assault investigation. McDonald has three run-ins with the law in the last 10 months and remains under investigation for the December incident. While Pace...

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PHOENIX — It's not surprising Ryan Pace is willing to take a risk, but the timing just might be.
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The rich irony for the Bears on Friday at Halas Hall was that Jay Cutler never has looked better, and it had nothing to do with his play on the field.
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But on Thursday he made a startling charge that NFL teams failed to take action against players in “hundreds and...

DALLAS — Former Bears player Sam Hurd, who rose from the rough and poor San Antonio streets to the glamor of the NFL, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for his role in trying to set up a massive drug operation spanning three states.
Hurd, 28,...

A federal judge today agreed to release Chicago Bears receiver Sam Hurd on $100,000 cash bond, a day after he was charged with accepting a kilogram of cocaine from an undercover federal agent posing as a drug supplier.
Under an agreement with federal...

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The part of the Bears’ season with any meaning is over.
Which means the Bears’ firing season can begin.
Can we start with Caleb Hanie and Jerry Angelo? Pretty please?
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How dysfunctional are the Chicago Bears at wide receiver?
In two seasons under pass-happy Mike Martz, they couldn’t come up with a 1,000-yard receiver.
If that’s not a sign something is wrong, it ought to be. Martz, of course,...

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Former Chicago Bears receiver Sam Hurd pleaded not guilty Wednesday to his most recent drug charges in a case in which authorities accuse him of trying to set up an elaborate drug network.
Hurd's plea in Dallas came two days after his cousin and...

A week after being Tebowed, the Bears managed to get T-Jacked with their fragile season hanging in the balance.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Be careful drawing much in the way of conclusions out of preseason play.
Remember, the Bears were 0-4 a year ago and played poorly in getting to that record.
But the offense clicked months ahead of the pace of a year ago and...

Dave Toub was forced to wonder how it would shake out at this time a year ago when the Bears' top six tacklers on special teams all were headed to unrestricted free agency.
He's in a similar position again as five of the top eight core players, based...